F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons – 16 – D
Patent
F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons
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F16D 65/10 (2006.01) F16D 51/48 (2006.01) F16D 55/00 (2006.01) F16D 65/14 (2006.01) F16D 65/46 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2146231
A drum-type brake assembly of the kind in which brake shoes are mounted on a backing plate and coact with a rotating brake drum mounted on an axle and in which a mechanical brake adjuster has a movable component for adjusting the running clearance of the brake shoes, is provided with as an access opening formed in its generally radial portion and in spaced relation to the brake backing plate. This access opening is alignable with the brake adjuster movable component by rotating the brake drum on the axle so as to position the opening in opposed relation to the position of the movable component. The access opening is sized so as to provide for the insertion of a brake adjusting tool through the drum opening from a position adjacent the lateral side of the drum to engage the movable component, for the purpose of adjusting the shoes, and obviating the necessity of moving under the vehicle to reach the movable component through the conventional hole formed in the backing plate. The access opening is formed as an arcuately elongated slot, the long walls of which provide a convenient pry surface for the brake adjusting tool.
Belisle Duane John
Durren March Harrison
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
Tomkins Industries Inc.
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